Offshore Pioneers

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Fifty years ago, in November 1947, Brown a Root helped Kerr-McGee build the first out-of-sight-land offshore platform that produced oil. The date is widely celebrated as the birth of the modern offshore industry. In the years since this historic occasion, Brown a Root has continued to pioneer in the design and construction of offshore pipelines and platforms. Along with the rest of the offshore industry, the company has helped develop technology capable of finding and producing oil in deepwater and in harsh environments around the world. This history puts a human face on the process of technological change. Using the words of many of those who took part in Brown a Root's offshore activities, this book recounts their efforts to find practical ways to recover offshore oil. Building on lessons learned in the Gulf of Mexico before and after World War II, the company's personnel adapted offshore technologies to conditions encountered in Venezuela, the Middle East, Alaska, and other regions before becoming one of the first engineering and construction companies to confront the challenge of North Sea development in the 1960's. Through times of boom and bust in the oil industry, the search for effective technology had continued. The process has not always been smooth, but the results have been impressive. As we enter a new and exciting era in offshore technology, the history of the first fifty years of the industry provides a useful context for understanding current and future events.Brown aamp; Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas Joseph A. Pratt, Tyler
Priest, Christopher James Castaneda. Brown aamp; Root also responded to the
growth of subsea completions in its work as a designer and fabricator. The
design and ... This ambitious project included the construction of two new
platforms, onshore processing facilities, and offshore pipelines. ... Three million
engineering hours were spent on the design of one of the last platforms to be
installed on the West Coast.

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Offshore Pioneers

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Joseph A. Pratt, Tyler Priest, Christopher James Castaneda

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Gulf Professional Publishing - 1997

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